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European stocks futures indicate higher open - For more see the European equities LiveMarkets blog

LONDON, April 5 (Reuters) - Live coverage of European markets now available on cpurl://apps.cp./cms/?pageId=livemarkets

Summary:

**European stocks futures open higher, FTSE futures lead

**ChemChina, Syngenta (IOB: 0QOP.IL - news) mega-deal wins U.S. antitrust approval

**Italy's Veneto banks confirm capital shortfall of 6.4 bln euros

**Allianz (Swiss: ALV-EUR.SW - news) -led consortium to bid for Atlantia (LSE: 0I2R.L - news) motorway business

**GSK recalling nearly 600,000 asthma inhalers in U.S.

(Reporting by Helen Reid)